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Tatta Hitotsu no Koi is one of my favorite dramas of all time and I've always wanted to go to Yokohama because of it. I've finally been able to go around Yokohama for a day and went to a few spots where they filmed the drama back in 2006! I've based my info on this website.





First off is the Motomachi Shopping District which features in a few walking scenes in the drama.

First off is the Motomachi Shopping District which features in a few walking scenes in the drama.



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Casting director of Gokusen is insane. Imagine casting 3 batches of relative unknowns who would go on to become highly successful actors. There must be a blessing that comes with being casted in Gokusen. Whenever I rewatch I get excited spotting big stars now that were just students with no speaking lines in the background.

Gokusen 1:
Matsumoto Jun
Oguri Shun
Narimiya Hiroki - retired from entertainment

Matsuyama Kenichi
Wentz Eiji
Tanaka Kei - student of diff school

Gokusen 2:
Kamenashi Kazuya
Akanishi Jin
Motomichi Hayami
Koide Keisuke - cancelled

Mizushima Hiro
Kengo Kora

Gokusen 3:
Miura Haruma - RIP
Ishiguro Hideo
Miura Shohei

Movie:
Kento Kaku

Also I feel like Mizobata Junpei is in 2? But I couldn’t find any credits

On a different note after another rewatch of Hana Yori Dango Returns I realized Omasa Aya plays one of the Eitoku students.



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Netflix has been consistently adding a lot of subbed Jdramas, movies and documentaries to its roster, unfortunately a lot of it is region locked.

Streaming apps like WeTV, Viu, Viki, IQiyi and others carry subbed Jdramas and some of them carry ongoing dramas as well. Most of these are completely free but others will have ads or have an optional premium service.

If you're from the Philippines or in regions near the Philippines, Waku-Waku Japan and GEM TV (both on Cignal in the Philippines) have shows like VS Arashi, Kaji Yarou (Waku-Waku Japan), dramas like Red Eyes (GEM TV) as well as other shows and dramas subbed in English.

I would love to know if you know any other legal ways to support the Japanese entertainment industry and the artists. I believe choosing the legal way to support them even if we are used to years of going around the back to consume these content, is also going to be helpful in encouraging them to open up more to the global market. 

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Ninomiya Kazunari (right) plays a surgeon with excellent medical skills in drama Black Pean.

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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 December 3 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese.
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Translating this song from OST of Meteor Garden (Taiwan) and Meteor Garden 2018. Performed by Harlem Yu, and there’s a video of him singing with F4 2018 and Shen Yue.

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Disclaimer: Translation may not be accurate as it is my own and I am just trying to review my Chinese. Got the hanzi lyrics from baidu.
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Translating this song used for OST of Meteor Garden (Taiwan) and Meteor Garden 2018. Written, composed and performed by Taiwan based Malaysian singer Penny Tai.

“lyrics” )

Disclaimer: Translation may not be accurate as it is my own and I am just trying to review my Chinese. Got the hanzi lyrics from baidu.
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This is used as the ending theme for Meteor Garden 2018. I think it's a lovely song.

爱,存在 - 魏奇奇

“lyrics” )

Disclaimer: Translation may not be accurate as it is my own and I am just trying to review my Chinese. Got the hanzi lyrics from yue365.com.
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Addicted to this song from Meteor Garden 2018 so I’ve decided to do my own translation.

For You
performed by: Dylan Wang, Darren Chen, Connor Leong, Caesar Wu
from Meteor Garden 2018

lyrics )

Disclaimer: Translation may not be accurate as it is my own and I am just trying to review my Chinese. Got the hanzi lyrics from yue365.com.
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SAME THROUGHOUT ALL 3:
Time difference in Paris scene
Shoes can take you to beautiful places quote
Shan Cai/Makino you're cute today kiss scene with Lei 2001 and 2018 and Rui (I don't think there was a kiss?) at night
F3 help sell dango/cakes/milktea
DMS tells Shan Cai to close her eyes because he will get beat up, says it don't hurt one bit and Makino covers Tsukasa for the final blow, and says he wouldn't be able to protect her if he didn't fight back
DMS mom makes Shan Cai play piano during DMS bday party
Shan Cai's mom pours flour/salt on DMS mom's head, in 2018 her dad also pretends to throw water for her to wash it off
Shigeru bites Tsukasa's ear after he drags her out far barefoot and doesn't have money to take a cab
Akira and Soujiro go out with Shigeru on rollercoasters, buffets and exotic animals (HanaDan), plus movies, ice cream and sanitary napkins (2001), only movies, walking, claw machines and lingerie shops to buy bras(2018) Shigeru visits Makino at work to show them how they're trying to get her to give up DMS
Shigeru waits for Makino outside her house and hugs her and says Tsukasa agreed to date her
Shan Cai listens to Xiao Zi's rants and Xiao Zi asks if they've kissed
Shigeru strips and Tsukasa says she'll catch a cold, DMS doesn't feel a thing, Xiao Zi asks if she should've worn lingerie, blabs so that she doesn't hear when Tsukasa says he doesn't like her
Shan Cai works as a maid in DMS' house because she needs a reason to stay there to protect her pride, doesn't wanna stay for free
Nakatsu buys drinks while Tsukasa goes to the bathroom, Nakatsu plays dumb after being punched
Tsukasa gets mad at Makino if this is her idea of a commoner's date and says it's great if Yuki and the guy broke up, doesn't apologize
Yuki defends Tsukasa and says Nakatsu was extremely rude the whole time and Tsukasa was patient
Yuki cries to the ground when Soujiro passes by and invites her to his house
Yuki says I don't know him but I may have seen him in school
Nakatsu tells Makino her boyfriend is weird for rejecting him
Tama defends Makino to Kaede over her dead body, vowed to serve household for life to repay patriarch
Forbid Shan Cai to leave the house and will risk life to protect
DMS got into fights in HS, when sister married no one was left who dared discipline him
Rui gets Makino to kiss him to prove she can't
Breakup in the rain scene: Have you ever once seen me without my family, my name, just as a normal man? Makino lies and says no and that if she really loved him she wouldn't leave. Cuts ties with Domyouji fam

Only in MG )

Differences )
they dress like it's always winter in China while in the Taiwanese version, they wear sleeveless clothes or just shirts all the time. I know it doesn't get super cold in Taiwan but I just noticed. HanaDan leans towards warm clothing too but not too much layers. I mean 2018 Lei wears gloves and scarves indoors!

Mei Zuo - Zhou Caina storyline, met at cooking contest, love triangle with old man Terrence (2018)

CAMEO:
2001 Shan Cai's mom in episode 11 of MG 2018, tells DMS 2018 he reminds her of her son in aw, which is basically DMS 2001!
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The scene where the new Dao Ming Si walked slowly towards Shan Cai from afar made Chinese netizens comment that it’s absolutely a horror movie.



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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 July 14 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese.

P.S. I'm on episode 2 right now and I love it! Of course after 17 years there are some major changes that will take some getting used to but I find it easier to watch than MG 2001. Everyone's so young but so good looking and I find they have great chemistry! I'm biased towards HanaDan of course but I feel like this is gonna be a great remake. I'm not at the scene in question yet but the scene was really a in all the remakes and was being faithful to the story, and just shows that years ago when the manga was made this type of behavior was romanticized. I'm pleased people know better now. I do think Dao Ming Si is a little less of a jerk to everyone here than other adaptations, and just a jerk specifically to Shan Cai. Still planning to finish MG 2001 so I can compare it to this one.
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Hirano Sho and Sugisaki Hana star in Hana Nochi Hare.



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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 July 4 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese.
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Let's jump right in.

Episode 1 )
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The new Meteor Garden 2018 is set to be aired in August, so I've decided to watch Meteor Garden in preparation. I've seen Meteor Garden when I was very little, and everyone talked about it in school, so I had a vague memory of it, but I couldn't bring myself to watch it because the 2 seasons would total about 61 episodes and that's like watching Hana Yori Dango seasons 1 & 2 thrice (I've seen it loads more times in this lifetime, just rewatched it a month ago, it is my intro to J-drama and my favorite of all so I'll probably be biased) but yeah now I've decided to really watch Meteor Garden even if I could only find it in 480p online. So for the love of the franchise, I've decided to compare both versions, not to judge and debate which one is better, but since I haven't read the manga and these dramas are both based on that, I could see which ones were consistent throughout both adaptations, which ones were unique, cultural adaptations etc. This entry is basically a passion project and will probably be pretty long, detailed and updated as I make my way through Meteor Garden so I will split it per Meteor Garden episode. I will link comparisons of all episodes here. I have only screencaps of Meteor Garden for now but I'll update it with the HYD version soon for comparison.

IN GENERAL )

Episode list )
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I just finished Todome no Kiss and I freaking love it. It was so unexpected and well made. My only regret is not watching Todome no Parallel side by side like it was made to be , I figure if I did I would love it more and it would be so much more complicated. I haven't completely moved on from Ouroboros yet and I felt like I wasn't able to enjoy it as much because it felt like Maou and I started this drama having no clue that it was just as twisted and now I'm a convert and so in love with the looks and acting ability of both Yamazaki Kento and Mackenyu. It's another one that I'll be keeping in my hard drive with the other 2 above, these are my drama big leagues and honestly I can't wait for the day I'll forget the entire story and plot just so I can enjoy watching it again. The character development is intense and the fanservice is just great, watch out for Kento's close ups. Next time though hopefully I'll do it right and not forget to watch Todome no Parallel side by side. I have been waiting for Mackenyu to act as a host since seeing his post on Instagram but TnK's story got me so engrossed I completely forgot about it and now I find out it was on TnP and not TnK! Someone please sub all of Todome no Parallel please and I need to know where in Shinjuku this was shot so I can make a pilgrimage to Kabukicho's host clubs someone please put info on loca.ash.jp!



The instagram page is full of gems like this one )
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Ayase Haruka (left) takes the lead role for July's new drama Gibo to Musume no Blues, playing husband and wife with Takenouchi Yutaka for the first time.




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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 May 3 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese. Please tell me if there are any mistakes. Didn't translate the last paragraph.
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Yoshida Kotaro (right) in Ossan's Love, having difficulty concealing his own admiration towards Tanaka Kei.



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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 April 29 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese. Please tell me if there are any mistakes. The ??? is probably the name of the company, didn't quite get it but I think it means Peach or Peach Blossoms. The ? is the sound for sighing.
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Is it just me or on episode 6 of Ouroboros when Ikuo and Danno went to look around Yamashiro’s house, Tat-chan picked up an apple and bit it the same way Tsukasa teaches Hanazawa Rui to do in HYD? Might just be a coincidence but there really isn’t a reason for him to pick up the apple otherwise. I’d say it’s a homage as both characters are played by Oguri Shun and both shows are TBS. Sadly don’t have any screenshots for it. Ueno Juri is also very lovable in this drama, whereas I found her quite boring in movies and variety shows from years ago, but it seems like she gets along well with this cast.

take a dip? )
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Just another way for me to track things. Will include Mandarin/Taiwanese/Cantonese dramas/movies.

DRAMAS )

MOVIES )

PLANS TO WATCH IN THE FUTURE )
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 I've recently been watching a ton of J-dramas and it's almost flying by too fast for me to appreciate or to even remember or make sense of what has happened. I find myself forgetting that I've already seen things I've seen in the past so I've decided to track them all right here. I'll also include movies and those that I plan to watch. This post will be JE centric, as I mostly watch dramas by my faves only and I'll organize them by the actors I watched them go. I will update this post as I go.

Edit: This list is now getting longer and longer so please recommend which ones I should watch first!


DRAMAS/MOVIES WATCHED FROM START TO FINISH

MATSUMOTO JUN
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 3
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo: Murder on the Magic Express
Gokusen
Kimi wa Petto (2003)
Hana Yori Dango
Hana Yori Dango 2
Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku
Lucky Seven
Lucky Seven SP
Shitsuren Chocolatier
99.9
99.9 II

Narratage
Hidamari no Kanojo
Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final (Director's Cut)
Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru
Tokyo Tower (2005)

 


NINOMIYA KAZUNARI
Minami-kun no Koibito (2004)
Yamada Taro Monogatari
Ryusei no Kizuna
Black Pean
Freeter, Ie wo Kau
Freeter, Ie wo Kau SP
Murder on the Orient Express (Oriento Kyuko Satsujin Jiken)

The Blue Light (Ao no Honoo)
Letters from Iwo Jima
Ohoku
Platina Data
Assassination Classroom
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Nagasaki: Memories of my Son (Haha to Kuraseba)
The Last Recipe ~Kirin no Shita no Kioku~
Kensatsugawa no Zainin

 


KAMENASHI KAZUYA
Gokusen 2
Nobuta wo Produce
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 2005
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi
1 Pound no Fukuin
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
Kaito Yamaneko
Boku, Unmei no Hito Desu

Gokusen: The Movie
Ore, Ore
P to JK

 


IKUTA TOMA
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Hana-Kimi SP
Maou
Ouroboros
Unubore Deka

Hanamizuki*
We Were There: Part 1 (Bokura Ga Ita Zenpen)
We Were There: Part 2 (Bokura Ga Ita Kohen)
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (Himitsu)
Close-Knit
My Teacher (Sensei!)
Yuuzai

 


OTHER
Zettai Kareshi
Mei-chan no Shitsuji
Yukan Club
Atashinichi no Danshi
Gokusen 3
Koizora
Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ni Oshiete Kureta
Tokyo DOGS
Kurosagi
5-ji Kara 9-ji Made
Saigo no Yakusoku
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Okinawa
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo 2
Cold Case Japan
Todome no Kiss
Todome no Parallel
Hana Nochi Hare
Tourist
Good Morning Call
Good Morning Call ~Our Campus Days~
Kakugo wa ii ka? Soko no Joshi
Minami-kun no Koibito (2015)
Bokutachi ga Yarimashita
Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto
Chugakusei Nikki
Zenkai Girl
Last Friends
Missions of Love: Watashi ni xx Shinasai
Majo no Jouken
Strawberry on the Shortcake
Papadoru!
Ossan's Love
Cherry Magic!
Ani Tomo
Rai se dewa Chanto Shimasu
Rescue

Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy*
10 Promises to my Dog
Kurosagi Movie
Bandage
Nana
Nana 2
Norwegian Wood
Confessions of Murder (22 Nen me no Kokuhaku)
Heroine Shikkaku
L-DK (2014)
Wolf Girl and Black Prince
The Snow White Murder Case
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Our Meal for Tomorrow
Kiiroi Namida
Nobody Knows
Marmalade Boy
Peach Girl
Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori
Ie ni Kaeru to Tsuma ga Kanarazu Shinda Furi wo Shite Imasu
Ataru: First Love and Last Kill
Kimi ni Todoke
Koizora
Ano Ko no Toriko
Hirunaka no Ryusei
Masquerade Hotel
Kakugo ga Iika, Soko no Joshi
12 - nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi
Missions of Love: Watashi ni xx Shinasai
Strobe Edge
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
Kaguya-sama Love is War
Ossan’s Love: Love or Dead
The Witness
L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof
Ore Monogatari
Little Nights, Little Love
Sayonara Made no 30-pun
Sumaho wo Otoshita dake Nanoni
Ani Tomo
Call Boy
Clover
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese

 



* - due for a rewatch




STARTED BUT NOT FINISHED
Suppli (ep 1&2)
Proposal Daisakusen (ep 1-4 only)



WITH INTENT TO FINISH
Kagi no Kagatta Heya (ep 1 only)
Yowakutemo Katemasu (ep 1-4)
Cold Case II (ep 1-2 only)
Orthros no Inu (ep 1-4 only)
Boku dake no Madonna (ep 1-8 only)
Rich Man Poor Woman (ep 1-3 only)
Stand Up!!! (ep 1-5 & 12 only)
Second Love (ep 1 only)
Yankee-kun to Megane Chan
Hachimitsu to Clover (ep 1-8)
Kaibutsu-kun (ep 1-2)
Miss Sherlock (ep 1 only)
Ossan's Love: In The Sky (ep 1-2)
Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru (ep 1-7)
Uta no Onii-san (ep 1 only)



PLANS TO WATCH IN THE FUTURE
MATSUMOTO JUN
Bambino!
Smile
Wagaya no Rekishi (SP)
Eien no Nishipa

 


NINOMIYA KAZUNARI
Namida wo Fuite
Yasashii Jikan
Handoku!
Haikei, Chichiue Sama
Marathon SP
Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara SP
Bocchan SP

Gantz
Another Gantz
The Asada Family (2020)

 


KAMENASHI KAZUYA
Final Cut
Tegami SP
Strawberry Night Saga
Red Eyes Kanshi Sousakan

Joker Game
The Vancouver Asahi

 


IKUTA TOMA
Majo Saiban
Osozaki no Himawari
Voice
Akihabara @ Deep
Ore no Hanashi wa Nagai
Kakenai?

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio
Prophecy (Yokokuhan)
Grasshopper
Brain Man
The Seaside Motel
The Fallen Angel (Ningen Shikkaku)

 


OTHER
MOVIES
Shoplifters
The Liar and His Lover
Go
All About Lily Chou Chou
Hana and Alice
Time Scoop Hunter
Bannou Kanteishi Q Monariza no Hitomi
Kinkyori Renai
Kiss me at the Stroke of Midnight
Konya, Romance Gekijo de
Cyborg She

DRAMA
Soshite Daremo Inakunatta SP
Signal
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
Kizoku Tantei
Kazoku Game
My Girl
My Boss, My Hero (2006)
The Quiz Show
Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai SP
Yokoso, Wagaya E
Shinigami-kun
Shinzanmono
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
Tokyo Love Story
Zettai Reido
Emergency Interrogation Room
Suna no Utsuwa (2019)
Sherlock
Nippon Noir
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Kizarasu Cat's Eye
Love Shuffle
Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi Desuka
Nee Sensei, Shiranai no?
Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito - Matsuzaka Tori
Scams - Yosuke Sugino
Mikkoku wa utau Keishicho kansa fairu - Matsuoka Masahiro
Uchi no musume wa, Kareshi ga dekinai - Okada Kenshi
Kansatsui Asagao 1 & 2 - Kazama Shunsuke

 




Nishikido Ryo
Joker
1 Litre of Tears
My Loser Husband
Gomen ne Seishun
Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto
Trace -Kasouken no Otoko

Hitsuji no Ki
Dakishimetai

Takizawa Hideaki
Taiyo wa Shizumanai
Romeo and Juliet SP
Love Catharsis

Miura Haruma
14-sai no Haha
Bloody Monday
Love Begins When The Money Ends
Hi wa Mata Noboru
The Confidence Man JP
Watashi wo Hanasanaide
Otona Koukou
Boku no Ita Jikan

Eien no Zero
Mayonaka no Gofun Mae

Oguri Shun
Surely Someday
Lupin the Third
Kisaragi
Tsumi no Koe

Yamazaki Kento
Good Doctor
Alice in Borderland

Orange
Isshukan Friends

Furukawa Yuki
60 Gohan Taisakushitsu
Bitter Blood
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
Love Rerun
Mysterious Summer
Araburu Kisetsu no Otomedomo yo

Tonari no Kaibutsu Kun
Kaze no Iro

Narimiya Hiroki
Ace Attorney

Mackenyu
Funohan
Ashita mo Kitto Kimi ni Koi wo Suru
Overdrive

Yoshizawa Ryo
Survival Wedding
Friends Games

Ao Haru Ride
River's Edge
Evil and the Mask
Summer Song


Fukushi Sota
Koinaka
Kyo wa Kaisha Yasumimasu

Boku wa Ashita, Kinou no Kimi wo Date Suru

Nakajima Yuto
Suikyuu Yankees
Suits
Suits II

Pink and Gray

Nakagawa Taishi
Oyabaka Seishun Hakusho

Nijiro Days
Tsuugaku Series Tsuugaku Tochu

Okura Tadayoshi
DoS Deka
 

Tsumabuki Satoshi
Waterboys

Yuta Koseki
I was a Secret Bitch
Liar x Liar

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